Youve just weathered the hardest part of bringing a tiny human to this world. Now its time to lose the kilos.
Mothers, we all know that one fellow mama friend who keeps popping baby after baby while still being able to rock out at the beach in a jaw-dropping bikini or turn up for a weekly tête-à-tête twirling a figure-accentuating floral midi. Whether you react with incredulity (“how on earth is this woman a mother-of-three?”), envy (“some women just have it all”), or a swooning cocktail of both, it is easy to get caught in a downward spiral of wondering why your post-delivery pounds simply refuse to budge.
This battle of the pounds is not helped by the misleading impressions we form from images of celebrity mums. Kate Middleton is baring her almost flat midriff while doing volleyball spikes just two months after having Prince George, while Kim Kardashian is back to taking sexy selfies shortly after the birth of North West. Even if you managed to shift some pregnancy weight during breastfeeding, weight loss diets or metabolism, chances are there will still be a time when you eventually hit the ‘why am I not getting any slimmer’ plateau.
A Culture Of Bouncing Back
If the postpartum physiques splashed across celebrity magazines and social media are just hopeful mumbo jumbo, that still leaves many in the mom-o-sphere asking the same question: what can I expect of my new postpregnancy mom bod? The problem is that there is pressure on new moms to bounce back to their pre-pregnancy state as seamlessly and instantaneously as possible, be it returning to the office or into their old clothes.
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